D/L- 17 30/07/2026 Ct. No.-10 Aritra In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side WPA 1410 of 2026 Sahanur Alam Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. Mr. Shamimul Bari Mr. Avimannu Das ….for the petitioner Ms. Anamika Pandey Ms. Madhushri Dutta ….for the E.C.I. Ms. Rajni Singh Dev Ms. Manisha Dutta ….for the State The petitioner has approached this Court seeking a direction upon the Special Intensive Revision Appellate Tribunal to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner within a specified time frame. The petitioner has specifically stated in paragraph 11 of this writ petition that the petitioner have successfully qualified and appeared for the interview for the post of Constables in West Bengal Police 2024 and the final merit list is expected to be published any day. The petitioner further states that he has also qualified CBT-1 for the highly competitive post of Assistant Loco Pilot under the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) with CBT-2 scheduled on July 28, 2026. 2 Considering the urgency pleaded in this writ petition this Court feels that the interest of justice would be sub-served if the Appellate Tribunal is requested to dispose of the pending appeal within a specified time frame. The appeal before the Appellate Tribunal relates to Maynaguri (SC) Assembly Constituency. The appeal preferred by the petitioner is registered as Appeal No.APS2502G030426686686. Ms. Pandey appears for the Election Commission of India. She submits that a large number of appeals are pending before the Appellate Tribunal and the appeals are being disposed of by such Appellate Tribunals on day to day basis. However, taking note of the urgency pleaded in this writ petition and also that the appeal is pending for a considerable period of time, WPA 1410 of 2026 stands disposed of by requesting the Appellate Tribunal to take up the hearing of the appeal filed by the petitioner and make an endeavour to dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible but preferably within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of communication of a server copy of this order. It is however, made clear that this Court has not entered into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner in the said appeal and all points are left open to be decided by the Appellate Tribunal in accordance with law. 3 The learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to serve a scanned copy of this writ petition upon Ms. Pandey, who is representing the Election Commission of India. There will be no order as to costs. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)